Jehoiakim

Jehoiakim
King of Judah
Reign609–598 BC
PredecessorJehoahaz
SuccessorJehoiachin
BornEliakim
c. 632 BC
Jerusalem
Died598 BC
Jerusalem
SpouseNehushta
IssueJehoiachin
Zedekiah[1]
HouseHouse of David
FatherJosiah
MotherZebudah

Jehoiakim,[a] also sometimes spelled Jehoikim[b] was the eighteenth and antepenultimate King of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of King Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:15) and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.[2] His birth name was Eliakim.[c]

  1. ^ 1 Chronicles 3:16
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